Arthur: King in the West by Robert Dunning
$29.95 AUD
Category: British
The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has enthralled people for centuries and this new paperback edition of a classic text provides the reader with a detailed and illustrated guide to the history surrounding the Arthurian legend, Tintagel and Glastonbury. The legend of King Arthur ...Show more
Devices and Desires - Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard
$45.00 AUD
Category: British
The critically acclaimed author of Serving Victoria brilliantly illuminates the life of the little-known Bess of Hardwick--next to Queen Elizabeth I, the richest and most powerful woman in sixteenth-century England.Aided by a quartet of judicious marriages and a shrewd head for business, Bess of Hardwic ...Show more
Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard
$24.99 AUD
Category: British
'Thrilling, tremendously enjoyable' The New York Times 'A nail-biting escape story' Financial Times At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill already believed he was destined for greatness. This is the incredible story of how one incredible year in Churchill's life - an adventure involving war in So ...Show more
Boudica: Dreaming the Hound by Manda Scott; Philip Stevens (Read by); Jerome Flynn (Read by); Liza Goddard (Read by)
$49.95 AUD
Category: British | Series: Boudica Ser.
AD 57: much of Britannia has been under Roman occupation for over ten years and tribes pay costly tithes to the Emperor in return for the right to continue living on their own lands.On the sacred isle of Mona, the Boudica or 'Bringer of Victory' as Breaca has long been hailed, now knows for certain that ...Show more
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends by Ronan Coghlan
$39.31 AUD
Category: British
Old London Bridge by Patricia Pierce
$24.95 AUD
Category: British
For over 600 years, London bridge remained a vibrant focal point - life and death flowed over it and under it. The bridge is now brought to life by the author's richly textured narrative, describing each stage of its history.
London : The Illustrated History by Cathy Ross & John Clark
$39.95 AUD
Category: British
Discover which prehistoric mammals would once have lived by the River Thames. Take a detailed look at the crystal palace of the Great Exhibition and an early map of the underground. See the locations of medieval plague pits, Tudor inns, eighteenth-century hangings and gangland crime hotspots. "London: A ...Show more
In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow
$49.99 AUD
Category: British
We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers ...Show more
Elizabeth of York - The First Tudor Queen by Alison Weir
$34.95 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. The eldest daughter of Edward IV, at seventeen she was relegated from pampered princess to bastard fugitive, but the probable murders of her brothers, the Princes in the Tower, left Elizabeth heiress to the royal House of ...Show more
The Shortest History of England by James Hawes
$27.99 AUD
Category: British
In the internationally acclaimed Shortest History of Germany, James Hawes showed that the whole sweep of a national story can be captured in a short book packed with maps and graphics, throwing striking new light on the present day. Now he does the same for his own country. From the Roman invasion thro ...Show more
Life of Matthew Flinders by ESTENSEN
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
The compelling story of the life and times of Matthew Flinders, one of Australia's and history s - greatest explorers. From the author of 'Discovery'.;
Partition Voices - Untold British Stories by Kavita Puri
$22.99 AUD
Category: British
'The most humane account of partition I've read ... We need a candid conversation about our past and this is an essential starting point' Nikesh Shukla, Observer' The book that opened my eyes more than anything else. Seminal work, beautifully told' Emily Maitlis The division of the Indian subcontinent ...Show more